Build-A-Bear fined for child labor law violations - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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investigations found that 16- and 17-year-old employees loaded and operatee trash compactors and operated and rode in a freight elevator that did not have anassigned operator. The federakl audit identified 14 minorx performing tasks contrary to the childlaborr law, according to Build-A-Bear. Build-A-Bear was cited followintg investigations from January 2006 to April 2008 at its locationsin Kan.; Milwaukee; Grandville, Mich.; West Des Moines, and Aurora, Ill. “Every year, youngv employees are injured while performing prohibited work,” Enrique Rodriguez, the department’sa wage and hour division district directort in St.
Louis, said in a “The department’s hazardous orderss regulations exist to promote safet and prevent workplace injuries inthe nation’ws youth work force.” As a resultf of those investigations, Build-A-Bear said it no longer hireds anyone younger than 18. “Build-A-Bear Workshop has cooperated fullyt and completely with the Departmentof Labor,” said Jill Saunders, a compangy spokeswoman. “Importantly, no one suffered any injuriez from performing thesetasks … Followinhg receipt of the results of the audit, in Septembe 2008 Build-A-Bear Workshop implementef a policy of only hiring individuals who are 18 years of age or St.
Louis-based Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) is a retailedr where customers can create their own customizedstuffedf animals. There are12 Build-A-Bear locations in Pennsylvania, according to the companyh Web site. Three are located in Pittsburgh suburbs, at Ross Park South Hills Village Mall and the Mallat